He was last seen wearing a blue checked shirt, red shoes, a black coat and brown trousers.

A police spokesman said: “Formal identification of the body is yet to take place; however, it is believed to be that of Conley.”

People have started to lay flowers and teddies next to the construction site where Conley was found.

Wayne Bolton went with his son, Finley, four, to pay his respects.

He said the first he heard was the helicopter being used to search for the boy on Sunday night.

Mr Bolton said: “We are not friends with the family, but it’s tragic what’s happened and it just makes you appreciate what you have.

Conley Thompson. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

“I can’t begin to imagine what that family are going through.

“It was such a tragic accident, hopefully, and we just want to show support for the family and to be fair the whole community has turned up. It’s shocked everyone and everyone is in bits and luckily, in an area like this, everyone comes together and we all help each other.”

Police and wellwishers at a construction site on Bank End Road in Worsbrough, Barnsley, where the body of a child believed to be missing Conley Thompson has been found.